Thanks to all of you for reading for the last three years! And thanks to ACDA and Scott Dorsey for sheparding this process, which has been as informative for me (or more) than it has for any of you. And thanks to all those who took the time to comment or write private […]
An interesting year
As I mentioned, I’m leaving ChoralNet blog posting in another week. Next year will be interesting, to say the least. l’ll be taking over Jerry McCoy’s Director of Choral Studies duties in an interim year at UNT, so conducting the A Cappella Choir, being the primary teacher of conducting for our graduate choral conducting […]
Guest post – remembering Ward Swingle
Ward Swingle died this past January and, after reading his Facebook post about Ward, I asked Bruce Sellers if he was willing to allow me to copy his post about his experiences with him. Here’s a bit about Bruce: Bruce Sellers is an American tenor and conductor with a rather extraordinary background as an ensemble […]
Building Skills: Ending a series . . . and blogging for ChoralNet
As you know if you've read many of my posts, I enjoy reading in other areas, from psychology to sports/coaching, and trying to learn things from them I can apply to music and conducting. I think that the biggest thing I've taken from Daniel Coyle's two books has been the idea of gradually building […]
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More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #52 – Think like a Gardener, Work like a Carpenter “. . . the truth is, talent grows slowly. You would not criticize a seedling because it was not yet a tall oak tree; nor should you get upset because your skill circuitry is in the growth stage. Instead, […]
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More from Daniel Coyle: Tip #50 – Cultivate Your Grit “Grit is that mix of passion, perserverance, and self-discipline that keeps us moving forward in spite of obstacles. It’s not flashy and that’s precisely the point. In a world in which we’re frequentlly distracted by sparkly displays of skill, grit makes the difference in […]